diff --git a/kmod/src/options.c b/kmod/src/options.c
index 362a5792..332b1cda 100644
--- a/kmod/src/options.c
+++ b/kmod/src/options.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 static const match_table_t tokens = {
 	{Opt_server_addr, "server_addr=%s"},
-	{Opt_uniq_name, "uniq_name=%s"},
 	{Opt_err, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ int scoutfs_parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options,
 {
 	char ipstr[INET_ADDRSTRLEN + 1];
 	substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
-	int token, len;
+	int token;
 	char *p;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -116,12 +115,6 @@ int scoutfs_parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options,
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
 			break;
-		case Opt_uniq_name:
-			len = match_strlcpy(parsed->uniq_name, args,
-					    SCOUTFS_UNIQUE_NAME_MAX_BYTES);
-			if (len == 0 || len > SCOUTFS_UNIQUE_NAME_MAX_BYTES)
-				return -EINVAL;
-			break;
 		default:
 			scoutfs_err(sb, "Unknown or malformed option, \"%s\"",
 				    p);
@@ -129,11 +122,6 @@ int scoutfs_parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (parsed->uniq_name[0] == '\0') {
-		scoutfs_err(sb, "must provide a uniq_name option");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/kmod/src/options.h b/kmod/src/options.h
index 74ae5fa4..0078dca2 100644
--- a/kmod/src/options.h
+++ b/kmod/src/options.h
@@ -12,13 +12,11 @@ enum {
 	 */
 	Opt_btree_force_tiny_blocks,
 	Opt_server_addr,
-	Opt_uniq_name,
 	Opt_err,
 };
 
 struct mount_options {
 	struct sockaddr_in server_addr;
-	char uniq_name[SCOUTFS_UNIQUE_NAME_MAX_BYTES];
 };
 
 int scoutfs_parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options,
diff --git a/kmod/src/super.c b/kmod/src/super.c
index 1ac127ff..c5a8aeef 100644
--- a/kmod/src/super.c
+++ b/kmod/src/super.c
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ static int scoutfs_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *root)
 	struct mount_options *opts = &SCOUTFS_SB(sb)->opts;
 
 	seq_printf(seq, ",server_addr="SIN_FMT, SIN_ARG(&opts->server_addr));
-	seq_printf(seq, ",uniq_name=%s", opts->uniq_name);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -155,19 +154,8 @@ static ssize_t server_addr_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 }
 SCOUTFS_ATTR_RO(server_addr);
 
-static ssize_t uniq_name_show(struct kobject *kobj,
-			      struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
-{
-	struct super_block *sb = SCOUTFS_SYSFS_ATTRS_SB(kobj);
-	struct mount_options *opts = &SCOUTFS_SB(sb)->opts;
-
-	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", opts->uniq_name);
-}
-SCOUTFS_ATTR_RO(uniq_name);
-
 static struct attribute *mount_options_attrs[] = {
 	SCOUTFS_ATTR_PTR(server_addr),
-	SCOUTFS_ATTR_PTR(uniq_name),
 	NULL,
 };